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The following position arose in a team competition where I had the white pieces and a rather promising position against an international master from Hungary. However in tournament chess it is not only important to play well but also fast enough: I had spent already much thinking time on some previous moves, so that there remained only a few minutes until the next time control. Unfortunately the running clock prevented me to think clearly with the result that I missed the only move which had saved a clear advantage. Do you spot what I didn't see and find the best white move?
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Die folgende Position ergab sich in einem Mannschaftskampf, in dem ich mit den weißen Figuren eine sehr vorteilhafte Stellung gegen einen ungarischen internationalen Meister erreicht hatte. Allerdings ist es im Turnierschach nicht nur wichtig, gut, sondern auch schnell genug zu spielen: Da ich über einige Züge sehr lange nachgedacht hatte, blieben mir bis zur nächsten Zeitkontrolle nur noch wenige Minuten. Leider hinderte mich die tickende Uhr am klaren Denken, sodass ich den einzigen Zug übersah, der mir einen deutlichen Vorteil gesichert hätte. Seht ihr, was mir entgangen war und findet den besten weißen Zug?
White should move the white knight. It adds protection to the rook. Next, threaten the queen (F3-E1) with the knight so you have pressure on the queen. Queen is forced to move and at best can only take the white pawn on a2. Then white clearly has a winning position! (next move would be pawn takes black knight (F5-G6)
Cheers.
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Congrats: 1. Ne1! is the solution! By moving the knight the queen protects the rook and the knight attacks the black queen. Therefore the queen must move, but then white can play fxg6 and take the black knight.
I played 1. Re1? Qxg2+! 2. Kxg2 Nf4+ 3. Kg3 Nxh5 and black had the advantage.
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After the game it must have been really annoying to realize missing out on such an easy way to win ...
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Indeed ...
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Fun games. Keep up this chess mania!
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Ne1 sucks, Qc2-c3
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After 1. Ne1 1. ... Qc3 sucks, because of 2. fxg6.
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So, i can play h7 x g6 or the other option is Qe3+
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Qe3+ threatens nothing.
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Ne1, Qc3
fxg8, Qe3+ (da!)
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This post received a 44% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @bleujay! For more information, click here!
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Thanks a lot, and thanks to @bleujay as well! :)
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Maybe worth to add: the retreat to e1 also protects the g2 pawn and prevents the game continuation Qxg2 as the pawn is now protected by the knight on e1 :-) So knight to e1 is a real multifunctional move: it helps protecting the rook (indirectly), protects the pawn on g2 and attacks the queen at the same time - beautiful harmony between the white pieces after Se1 !
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Time trouble or not: always if I remember that game I still think it's unbelievable that I didn't spot that move during the game ...
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I understand your feelings, but your moves led to that beauty , don't forget that! :-)
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Moving the knight looks best as it is preventing the queen from covering the rook. It has a lot of options that are mostly bad. We can simply eliminate those to arrive at the correct one (least bad)
Ng5: I kinda liked but then the queen no longer covers thef5pawn.Nh4: Now we invite black to just take the knight. If he does things likeQf7 > Qd5don't give anything interesting. IfQd5doesn't result in check the knight takes thef5pawn coveringd6. If black doesn't take the knight onh4white has only uninteresting moves left.Ne5: The black knight can just take it and coverf7in the process.Nd4: Interesting but we haven't the technology to pin the queen to the king after the pawn takes. Its just a waste of material.Nd2: Also interesting, it prepares the knight to take on thed6pawn. Sadly the black queen has both c4 and e4 covered. If the black queen takesa2however, thenNe4becomes possible. Sadly this isn't forced and black hasNe5which escapes capture and isn't a bad place to be for it.This leaves
Ne1attacking the queen or the fairly uninteresting rook moves of whichf1is the most spectacular (joke) or Rooke1. It seems white has good odds pushing his pawn into an exchange.Rf1seems dull but black has to do something to keep his knight. With the white knight covering e5 it cant both move away and preventQf7+. But afterQf7+things don't get dramatically more interesting for white.Ne1is really the only option as it both attacks and prevents black fromQg2+!followed byNf4+Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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White Knight to 5G
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@tfeldman found the correct solution already ...
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Then the pawn is not covered by the queen anymore.
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Move your Queen ahead one block :)
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Then the black queen can take the white rook.
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Thn move your horse ahead and in second chance check the king
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Rd2 would be the safe move I see but don't know if it's the best move
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After 1. Rd2 blacks queen gives check and after that he can save his knight ...
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Ok got it. Ne1
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I just see that you found the solution, too! Congrats! :)
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I actually found it first ^^ but thanks! :)
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Yes, indeed, but you hid your solution better, haha - just kidding. ;-)
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Haha, I guess so, next time I'll make it clear :p
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I give up, I can not get past it.
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Check the solution of @tfeldman . Thanks for participating. :)
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Yes..
You are welcome..^^
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I agree with @primal-buddhist. I like white knight to G5. Protects white rook and puts pressure on the g-h 6-8 corner.
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Touché, that is a superior move.
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I would play Nd4
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After 1. Nd4 cxd4 2. fxg6 hxg6 black has the better position.
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Qa5+
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After 1. Nd4 cxd4 2. fxg6 hxg6 3. Qa5+ black simply plays 3. ... Kb8 and has the better position.
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There's more than one way to win a game.
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Sometimes yes, but not in this position. Only 1. Ne1! wins.
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B.S.
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Rd2 - Qc1+Kf2 - Ne5Qg5 - ....Now there are a few options but
Nxf3seems reasonable.Ideally black would prevent
Qe7which would be possible if he didn't move the queen to the much more attractive lookingc1but tob1.If white manages to
Qe7black will have to invent king moves that prevent bothQxd6+as well as the even worseRd6+In stead of trading the Knight on
e5for the knight onf3it seems black can move frome5toc6but thenQg7happens and black is forced toKb6or he loses the rook with check.Then Rb2 happens which seems to force
Nb4?Its not an exact attack but black has a lot of ways to lose.
The funniest is after
Qxd6+ the Ka8 - Qd8+ - Rxd8 - Rxd8What other ways out are there for black?
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